as in pile
a quantity of wood heaped together for burning a dead body
a funeral pyre
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Recent Examples of pyre
It is believed they may have been burned on a funerary pyre, however, no remains have been found.
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Francesca Aton, ARTnews.com, 25 Mar. 2025
As such, researchers think it may have been burned as part of a funeral pyre.
—Eli Wizevich, Smithsonian Magazine, 25 Feb. 2025
The smoke from funeral pyres fills the air of major cities and small towns alike.
—Ro Khanna, Foreign Affairs, 17 May 2021
The Nazis wanted to conceal the crime by burning the bodies on mass pyres.
—Gal Beckerman, The Atlantic, 22 Jan. 2025
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Francesca Aton, ARTnews.com, 25 Mar. 2025
As such, researchers think it may have been burned as part of a funeral pyre.
—Eli Wizevich, Smithsonian Magazine, 25 Feb. 2025
The smoke from funeral pyres fills the air of major cities and small towns alike.
—Ro Khanna, Foreign Affairs, 17 May 2021
The Nazis wanted to conceal the crime by burning the bodies on mass pyres.
—Gal Beckerman, The Atlantic, 22 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for pyre
Noun
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By Sunday, Cole and his brother Devon were barbecuing in front of the pile of bricks that used to be his house.—
Julia Vargas Jones,
CNN Money,
19 May 2025
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However, simply making the form available did not immediately clear the logjam, as servicers still had to wait for further guidance to process the pile of applications that had built up.—
Shahar Ziv,
Forbes.com,
19 May 2025
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Dropping search traffic on Apple devices, which recently integrated a heap of AI features, would be a bad sign.—
Ryan Whitwam,
ArsTechnica,
8 May 2025
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Arguably the two most significant pertain to the vast amounts of data that the IRS keeps on American taxpayers, including bank account information, data on business operations, Social Security numbers, pieces of personal identification, and heaps of other sensitive financial data.—
Tobias Burns,
The Hill,
22 Apr. 2025
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Built under a paradigm of cooperation and long-term stewardship, the same transformer stack can become a planetary ally.—
Cornelia C. Walther,
Forbes.com,
12 May 2025
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Even a stray Trump social media post without action can send wobbles through fragile co-financing stacks.—
Callum McLennan,
Variety,
10 May 2025
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Photos of the aftermath of the accident, meanwhile, show the roof of the bus separated from the rest of the vehicle, which rests at a diagonal on the side of a hill, per the AP.—
Bailey Richards,
People.com,
11 May 2025
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If finding indoor shelter is not an option: Avoid open fields, the top of a hill, or a ridge top.—
NC Weather Bot,
Charlotte Observer,
9 May 2025
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During this time, what is now the Canadian Rockies was covered in water, and animals swam above the ground that would later become mountains.—
Irene Wright,
Miami Herald,
15 May 2025
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The most subdued of those was one of the most tempting: Hotel Wren in Twentynine Palms, which only opened in March, a 12-room, high-end retreat with muted colors, enormous rooms, custom furniture and poolside mountain views.—
Christopher Reynolds,
Los Angeles Times,
15 May 2025
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“Pyre.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pyre. Accessed 23 May. 2025.
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